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Strait of Hormuz

A picture taken during a guided tour by the US Navy (NAVCENT) shows the damage of Japanese oil tanker Kokuka Courageous off the port of the Gulf emirate of Fujairah on June 19, 2019. (AFP)

US Navy expert: Tanker attack mine resembles Iranian mines

US

Acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan, seated between National Security adviser John Bolton and U.S. President Donald Trump. (Reuters)

Shanahan pulls out of Pentagon job

Turkey

A Turkish national flag waves as Turkish soldiers take part in a military search and rescue exercise with helicopters and ships near Magosa, Cyprus, on June 12, 2019. (AFP)

Greece, Cyprus pressure EU to act over Turkey gas drilling as Ankara digs in

Iran

A member of Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps chants slogans during a military drill in the Strait of Hormuz. (AFP)

How Iran’s aggression is undermining US stature in the Middle East

US

A gas flare on an oil production platform in the Soroush oil fields is seen alongside an Iranian flag in the Persian Gulf, Iran, July 25, 2005. (Reuters)

US allows Iraq to import Iranian energy for three more months

Gulf

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo at the end of a news conference at the State Department in Washington, June 13. (AP)

Suspected Iran attacks put region on warpath

Gulf

UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan speaks with Cypriot Foreign Minister Nikos Christodoulides at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Nicosia, Cyprus, June 15, 2019. (Reuters)

UAE urges world powers to protect shipping, energy supplies

Arabian Gulf

an Iranian Navy warship takes part in the "National Persian Gulf day" in the Strait of Hormuz. (AFP)

Maritime industry roiled by tanker attacks

Jonathan Cohen

A handout photo made available by the Norwegian shipowner Frontline of the crude oil tanker Front Altair after the fire onboard the ship in the Gulf of Oman, June 13, 2019. (AFP)

US to raise Mideast tanker attacks in UN Security Council - diplomats